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Monday, May 25, 2015

I'm Back (And Summer Goals)

So, I know I haven't blogged in a long time.  Needless to say, this past year has been absolutely crazy.  My whole life has changed over the past year.  However, it is now summer, and I am making a commitment to blog regularly.  To help keep me on track, I am linking up with Miss Monica at I Heart Grade 3 as part of a weekly summer link-up.
This week the focus is on goals.  I have several goals for the summer, both personal and professional.  Here they are in no particular order:
1) Read Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy.  Every summer I make a point of reading (or re-reading) a classic.  I enjoy Hardy (especially Tess of the D'Ubervilles).  With the movie based on the book out, I figured I should read this one over the summer.
2) Prepare myself for a move to preschool.  Yes, you heard that correctly.  I am moving schools and moving from a 1st and 2nd multi-grade classroom to teaching 3 and 4 year old preschool.  Yes, I will still have 2 different grades, but not at the same time.  I have taught Pre-K before, but not 3 year olds.  It is going to be a big mental shift.  Fortunately, I was able to find a whole year worth of lesson plans from the last time I taught Pre-K.
3) Get the house unpacked.  I love my husband dearly, but the promises he made to get the house unpacked while we were living apart so I could finish my school year just didn't happen.  I really dislike boxes.
4) Update my store on Teachers Pay Teachers.  I have some new products I have been waiting to put together and some old ones to revise.  Plus, we have 2 mortgages at the moment, so any extra cash flow helps.

If I can get all of that accomplished, I think I will have had a productive summer.

What are your goals for the summer?

Check out the link-up!


5 comments:

  1. Hi Caroline!

    Thank you so much for being apart of my very first Linky Party! I have been having a great time reading what everyone has to say!

    I had to smile to myself while reading that you are making a big leap down to preschool! One year, I went from teaching grade 7 to teaching grade 3! What a learning curve!! It was for the best... that was 13 years ago and I am still in Grade 3!

    I really do hope that you will continue to link up throughout the summer! Thanks again for being a part of my party!

    Monica

    www.iheartgrade3.com
    www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/I-Heart-Grade-3

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    1. Thanks for reading! This is not the biggest move I ever made. I once went from 6th grade down to Kindergarten! Preschool is a whole different mindset than anything else, though!

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  2. I found you through the linky! :) Good luck transitioning to Preschool!

    Maren @ Malimo Mode

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  3. Enjoy preschool. That would be such a scary move for me!!! You are super brave. :)

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